Grimsby Engineering Employers' Association

Scope and Content

Minutes, 1919-1925; financial records, 1915-1925; copy out-letter books, 1919-1922; correspondence and subject files, 1921-1925.

The collection forms part of the much larger archive of the Engineering Employers' Federation (MSS.237), its creating body having been a predecessor organisation of the EEF.

Administrative / Biographical History

The Grimsby Engineering Employers' Association appears to have begun in April 1901, with only seven members. Its membership remained small and its activities ceased in December 1925.

Access Information

Subject to permission from the depositor, this collection is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/

Acquisition Information

The records of the Grimsby Engineering Employers' Association were deposited with the Centre by the Engineering Employers' Federation in 1982.

Other Finding Aids

Conditions Governing Use

There are no restrictions on the use of this archive, apart from the requirements of copyright law.

Appraisal Information

The archive has been weeded for duplicates.

Custodial History

Following its dissolution in 1925, the records of the Grimsby Engineering Employers' Association went into the custody of the Engineering Employers' Federation in 1926.

Accruals

Further deposits are not expected.

Related Material

The Centre also holds the records of the Gas Meter Making Employer's Federation (MSS.237/6/GM) and the Bridgebuilding and Constructional Engineering Employers' Association (MSS.237/6/B), and material relating to the East and West Midland regional engineering employers' associations affiliated to the Engineering Employers' Federation, and the records of their various predecessor organisations (local and national engineering employers' associations and federations) (MSS. 66, 265, 288). The records of the Engineering Construction Industry Association are held at MSS.91/ECIA.